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Ley Nº 6/1990 - Ley sobre edificación y usos en el medio rural.

Legislation
Spain
Europe
Southern Europe

La Ley limita el desarrollo urbano en las zonas rurales. A tal fin, las municipalidades deberán identificar, sobre la base de criterios reglamentarios, suelos no urbanizables en las zonas rurales (art. 2º). Los usos en suelos no urbanizables se clasifican en permitidos, autorizables, incompatibles o prohibidos, en función de la compatibilidad del uso propuesto con la utilización de esos suelos para otros fines (art. 3º).

Basic Act concerning the use and conservation of land, the protection of natural resources, and the equal right of access to them by all residents.

Legislation

Under this statute people are permitted to lease land and to bequeath its use to their heirs in perpetuity. Ownership of land is delegated to local soviets, which fix the prices for land rentals. While heritable land can be worked as property, it cannot be sold, granted or mortgaged. The drafting of more detailed rules on land tenure is delegated to the Union republics, within the framework laid down by the statute. In practice, farmers will henceforth be free to choose between being collective farm members or individual farmers.

Décret nº 87-054 portant institution des mesures d'encouragement relatives au reboisement et à la lutte contre la désertification.

Regulations
Mauritania
Africa
Western Africa

Ce décret porte institution de mesures d'encouragement au reboisement communautaire et individuel. Ces mesures peuvent être en nature, en espèces et en assistance technique et peuvent porter sur le reboisement de terres soit appartenant à des personnes physiques ou morales soit des terres domaniales concédées uniquement pour des droits d'usage en vertu d'un titre régulier.

Soil Conservation District Advisory Committee Election Regulations 1963 (S.R. No. 59).

Regulations
April, 1963
Oceania
Australia

The Regulations contain rules for the election procedure of the Soil Conservation District Advisory Committee, provided for in section 15 of the principal Act. The Committee shall consist of a representative of the Soil Conservation Authority and representatives of Government departments or public authorities and persons appointed as representing grazing, agricultural and other relevant interests in the District. The persons appointed as representing special interests shall be appointed after elections, regulated by the present Regulations.

Soil Conservation Act, 1986 (Act No. 37).

Legislation
Australia
Oceania

This Act consist of 7 Parts divided into 41 sections: Preliminary (1), Administration (2), Approved Property Plans (3), Project Areas (4), Objections and Appeals (5), Financial Assistance (6), General Provisions (7). The Act vests powers in the chief executive of Primary Industries relating to soil conservation to facilitate the implementation of soil conservation by land holders. The main instruments are property plans, run-off coordination notices, project plans for project areas and soil conservation orders.

Ley Nº 13.667 - Declara de interés nacional la conservación de los suelos y de las aguas superficiales y subterráneas.

Legislation
Uruguay
Americas
South America

La Ley consta de 2 títulos y 30 artículos. INDICE: Título I: Principios Generales (1), Competencia (2), Conservación y recuperación de suelos (3), Sanciones (4), Crédito (5), Disposiciones generales (6); Título II: Alumbramiento de aguas subterráneas (1).El artículo 1º declara de interés nacional promover, proteger y regular el buen uso y la conservación de los suelos y de las aguas, tanto superficiales como subterráneas. El Ministerio de Ganadería y Agricultura coordinará y dirigirá todas las actividades tendientes a lograr un manejo adecuado del suelo y del agua (art. 3º).

Land Utilization Act.

Legislation
Belize
Americas
Central America

The Ordinance consists of 19 articles that are divided into three Parts: Preliminary (I); Subdivision (II) and Utilization (III). No person may subdivide any land to which this Act applies except in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act. Part III empowers the Minister to make regulations for the better utilization of land regarding, inter alia, the prohibition of land clearing within demarcated catchment areas, measures to prevent soil erosion, restrictions on construction and the demarcation of special development areas.

Land Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1991.

Legislation
Azerbaijan
Western Asia
Asia

The Land Code (115 articles) is divided into 16 sections: General Provisions (1), Rights and obligations of proprietors (2), Farmland (3), Landownership, landholding and land use (4), Land of settlements (5), Land for industry, transportation, communication and other purposes (6), Land in sub-urban and green zones (7), Land of forest, water bodies and the land reserve (8), Damages (9), Land protection (10), Monitoring the use and protection of land (11), State land records (12), Land management (13), Settlement of disputes (14), Accountability (15) and International treaties (16).The Code o

Décret nº 63-057 portant organisation de la direction des eaux et forêts et de la conservation des sols.

Regulations
Madagascar
Africa
Eastern Africa

Ce décret porte création et organisation de la direction des eaux et forêts et de la conservation des sols chargée de la constitution, de la conservation, de la protection et de la gestion du domaine forestier de l'Etat et des collectivités publiques, du contrôle des forêts des particuliers, de la promotion du reboisement national et de la lutte contre l'érosion des sols. Il est formé par 22 articles répartis en 5 titres, à savoir: Attribution, organisation générale et personnel (I); Direction (II); Délégations provinciales (III); Organismes consultatifs (IV); Dispositions diverses (V).

Conservation Authorities Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27).

Legislation
Canada
Americas
Northern America

The Act provides the framework for Conservation Authorities. The Authorities are bodies corporate for the purposes of establishing and undertaking, within their respective jurisdictions, a program designed to further the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources other than gas, oil, coal and minerals (sect. 19). The Authorities are based on watershed boundaries and have the following powers: preparing watershed programmes; data collection; acquiring, leasing and expropriating land; erecting works and structures (sect. 20).

Décret du 20 novembre 1972 créant une Commission nationale dénommée: "Commission Nationale d'Aménagement du Territoire" (CONAT).

Regulations
Haiti
Americas
Caribbean

Ce décret porte la constitution, la structure et l'organisation de la Commission Nationale d'Aménagement du Territoire (CONAT), chargée de formuler les programmes relatifs à l'aménagement du territoire, des bassins versants et de lutte contre l'érosion.